Background
Sherwin, Thomas was born on July 11, 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary King (Gibbens) Sherwin.
Sherwin, Thomas was born on July 11, 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary King (Gibbens) Sherwin.
Educated Boston Latin school and Harvard.
First Lieutenant and adjunct 22d Massachusetts Infantry, October 8, 1861. Major, June 28, 1862. Lieutenant colonel, October 17, 1862.
Bvtd. colonel volumes, September 30, 1864, “for gallant services at battle of Peebles Farm, Virginia”.
Brigadier general volumes, March 13, 1865, “for distinguished gallantry at battle of Gettysburg, and for gallant and meritorious services during the war”. Honorary mustered out, October 17, 1864.
Chairman board North.E. Telephone & Telegraph Company, since 1909. Officer or director in other corporations Home: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Married Isabel Fiske Edwards, January 18, 1870.